Uganda National Health Consumers' Organisation

Background, Purpose and Objectives The purpose of the project is to support the development a mandatory TFA national standard that could be adopted at the East African level Specific Objectives 1)To build consensus among key decision makers (national and regional) ...

Government has a duty to protect public health laws and policies from commercial and other vested interests of the Tobacco industry We, the Uganda National Health Users’/Consumers’ Organization call upon the COVID-19 National Task-force to look into the issue of ...

PATIENT DETENTIONS AT NSAMBYA ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL OVER ACCRUED MEDICAL BILLS VIOLATES HUMAN RIGHTS WE are Uganda National Health Consumer’s Organisation (UNHCO) and champion promotion and defense of patients’ rights in Uganda. THIS petition is to condemn the rampant patient ...

  This is an extra-ordinary day as we celebrate yet another win against the Tobacco Industry. Mayor Bloomberg, you are well known and celebrated all over the World for your exceptional contribution to humanity. Today it is about saving lives ...

  7 March 2018 ​Plot 302 Bukoto, Kampala P.O Box 70095, Kampala, Uganda Tel mob: +256 772 638451 Tel Office: +256 393 215007 Bloomberg Philanthropies Contact: bloombergawards@minassianmedia.coM Uganda National Health Consumers’ Organization Honored for its Comprehensive Advertising Bans at Bloomberg ...

obacco Control in Uganda suffers set back in making tobacco products less affordable following East Affrican Court accepting the application for an injuction against the Excise Duty (Ammendment) Act 2017. When Tobacco products are more expensive, Uganda registers many health ...

How Tobacco, Drug Abuse and Trafficking Counter-Interventions Compare in Uganda  Today marks the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking which happens every 26th of June. This event recognises the severe impact that illicit drugs have on health, development, ...

TOBACCO THREATENS HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LET THE LAW INCONVENIENCE SMOKERS MORE! The theme for the 2017 World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) celebrated on the 31st May is “Tobacco – a threat to development.” Tobacco related diseases are not curable except for ...

5th April 2016   UNHCO: A fresh outbreak of cholera has been reported in Eastern Uganda. The Monitor newspaper reported that at least one person has been confirmed dead and more than 25 others hospitalised following a cholera outbreak in ...

In November 2013, Uganda launched the A Promise Renewed Sharpened and first Integrated Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (RMNCH) plan with clear goal, objectives, priorities and 5 strategic shifts in order to employ new ways of combating RMNCH challenges. ...